Why was that stopped?
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Why was that stopped?
Horrible stoppage. Stupid call by a horrible stoppage
good fight, pascal giving his all but just seem outmatched
He was out, Kovalev was punching thru him at that point. Great breakdown
Wow! What a fight. Must rewatch.
Full credit to Pascal.
Strange ending but it was only a matter of time IMO.
Once Pascal became stationary, Pabon's hands were completely tied.
That makes no sense to me. It seems bizarre considering the fight that had been taking place and suddenly it was stopped like that. Let the man go out on his shield.
Ref saved Pascal foo, Kov was about to give him CTE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Come on man. He was out on his feet. His legs were absolutely gone. The ref stopped him from getting splattered in front of his fans and gives him the opportunity to claim he got stopped too early and get another payday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
I would've given it a few more seconds. But then I wasn't eating Kovalev's punches.
Pascal had zero instinct off the punches...he was a sponge hung on the rope at end, perfect stoppage
I know there will be bitching but that was a good stoppage. Pascal would have done nothing but take punishment. Good fight. Hats off to you Kirk, you called it right, I didn't think it would take Krusher so long
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Originally Posted by Julius Rain<br />Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
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Ref saved Pascal foo, Kov was about to give him CTE.
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I remember Pacquiao was supposedly about to give Marquez CTE. Ended up drooling face first on the mat.
I would have as well. I have seen Pascal on spaghetti legs many times over his career and that doesn't mean he is gone, but he was definitely in a bad place. Would have given him a few more seconds just to be sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
Watching the slow motion replays here. Ref got it perfectly right.
No, it was far too early. Pascal is right in what he is saying right now. Terrible stoppage. Canada is the new UK.
As fans watching a great fight, we don't want it to be over.
But the ref did what he had to do.... protect the fighter.
The fight could have been stopped right before Kovalev fell as he was whooping the Canuck.
Lucky punch and you know it. Word is Marquez isn't Mexican, never heard of a Mexican not wanting another rematch. You know you can't respect that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise<br />Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain<br />Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
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Ref saved Pascal foo, Kov was about to give him CTE.
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I remember Pacquiao was supposedly about to give Marquez CTE. Ended up drooling face first on the mat.
Does anybody think Haymon will make Kovalev-Stevenson? I suppose Main Events aren't going to have a problem showing it on NBC. But are Haymon and his backers going to outbankroll what HBO would pay to show it?
Yep. After Kovalev slipped/fell you can see Pascal "Trevor Berbick-ing" all over the ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
You're watchning this on a stream.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Slightly early but writing was on wall
When I saw it live I thought the fight was stopped too soon. After seeing the round again, Pascal Was tore up. I know Pascal came back from being hurt before. This time he was in real trouble. Good stoppage.
Good stoppage as far as I'm concerned, Pascal is game as anyone, but he was tired and beginning to take a beating!
Great fight that saved the night for HBO.
Liked hearing Hopkins behind the mic, he's not the most articulate guy, but absolutely believable.
HBO, Pascal, Canada, and Hopkins all want to see Kovalev/Pascal rematch. It doesn't appeal that much to me, but how do you guys feel about it?
I hear that and don't forget his daughter was at ringside watching her father take a pounding.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
I'd say about 99% saw it as a good stoppage.
I'd say closer to 15%. I want to see a man stopped and if he isn't going down then it is because he isn't ready to go down. Pascal was the same as that in the 3rd or 4th and he weathered it like a warrior. You have to give the benefit of the doubt to a man that doesn't know what it means to be stopped. Boxing would be lame if you stopped it every time someone got hurt.
Sometimes those are exactly the dudes that need a ref willing to stop it cause pascal would probably have to be put in a coma to actually get stopped, like I said I thought it was slightly early but overall ok with the stopagge the way the fight was going...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Pascal put up a brave performance, but he did take some big punches and he buzzed Kovalev
a few times,! the stoppage was spot on he was hurt no need to take more punishment.
Kovalev V Stevenson interesting 2 big punchers who lands first,! a comparative fight you
would have to say.
Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal - full fight Video 2015 WBA WBO good fight, hope Stevenson is next.
Pascal proved his heart that some people doubted. He was fighting in a daze from round 3 and took a sustained beating in the end fighting at a pace he isn't use to. He's also not use to being bullied and hurt regularly
Kovalev showed that nasty streak by pointing a laughing at pascal as he stumbled round the ring, knowing the finish was imminent. He's one bad Russian. Stevensons screwed!
I was having a Teddy Atlas moment because I could see as early as the first round that the fight was all about Kovalev s left hook and he was making a little hard on himself trying to set up the right.
A couple times he was setting up for a left hook but I could see he wasn't comfortable with it.
I liked the stoppage, Pascal was out on his feet and stumbling around like a drunk. A ref is supposed to stop a fight when a man can no longer defend himself and Pascal had clearly reached that point, he was a sitting duck for those right hands.
Absolutely perfect stoppage.
Think about it this way. Pascal didn't go down because the referee stopped it. Kovalev was going to pound him until he was on the canvas and every time he got up Kovalev was going to do it again as long as the referee allowed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
Pascal gave a great performance, tough, courageous, and smart but he was tired from the beating he'd taken and pretty much defenseless. He was lucky to have that referee. IMO
Sometimes you have to protect a fighter as courageous as Pascal from himself.
The stoppage was clearly legit and Pascal was out on his feet; I understand that his ego is hurted but I don'T believe him one second when he says that he was full of energy and ready to counterattack. If Kovalev wouldn't have slip, he was in for the big knock out.
We gotta like him for the courage and the heart he did show though; that was a pretty good fight.
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Originally Posted by Gandalf
I just watched the fight again... and I'm sorry but you're wrong. Only you and VD (no surprise there) thought the stoppage was bad. Consider this:
Other refs would've stopped it at the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th.
Pascal's knees were buckled by a jab at the end of the previous round. He never looked recovered.
Just before Kovalev fell, he was strafing Pascal along the ropes, where only the ropes kept Pascal on his feet.
As Pabon turned his attention to Kovalev getting back up and rightfully calling the fall a non-knockdown, Pascal was drunkenly stumbling out of camera view across the ring and toward the other corner. Pretty much done and out on his feet.
Pascal proceeded to take two more thunderous shots from Kovalev before Pabon rightly stepped in.
Perfect stoppage.